Can an NP prescribe Testosterone in California?

Yes — California NPs may prescribe testosterone, a Schedule III controlled substance, when they have an active California NP furnishing number, Schedule III controlled-substance authority, DEA registration, and comply with applicable California protocol, scope, and CURES requirements.¹²³⁵

Under California’s standardized-procedure pathway, Schedule II–V controlled substances must be authorized and specified in the standardized procedure, and Schedule III drugs such as testosterone must be furnished or ordered under a patient-specific protocol approved by the treating or supervising physician.¹²

Qualifying Section 2837.103 or 2837.104 NPs may prescribe controlled substances without standardized procedures when that statutory pathway applies.⁴ California prescribers also generally must consult CURES before first prescribing Schedule II, III, or IV controlled substances and periodically thereafter if continued unless exempt.⁵

NPs must also practice within their education, training, competence, and scope.

This answer does not address separate gender-affirming-care, endocrinology, lab-monitoring, telehealth, payer, pharmacy, or facility policy requirements.